A study was conducted on the changes of glycerol, hemolymph proteins, glucogen and fat content of diapause and non-diapause pupae of Helicoverpa assulta.
The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of emergency.
It would have become an owlet moth that fluttered in the cool night air, but a few weeks ago, while developing in its egg, this wasp injected an egg of her own.